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algiers
U.S. INVESTMENT CONCLAVE
   A meeting between Algeria and the U.S. on investment will be held in the United States before the end of the year.  (...)  [95 words]   [$2,1]
PETRO 2001 SHOW IN OUARGLA
   An international oil and oil services exhibition called "Petro 2001" will be held between March 8-22 next year at Ouargla, some 500 km south of Algiers.  (...)  [55 words]   [$2,1]

rabat
WILL MOROCCO RUN OUT OF FRESH WATER BY 2017?
   Morocco could well find itself unable to meet its needs in fresh water from 2017 with regard reserves in the southern regions and by 2020 in the north-west regions.  (...)  [119 words]   [$2,1]
AMERICANS SOON ON MOROCCAN BEACHES
   U.S. firms are showing increasing interest in the building of six big holiday resorts at Agadir (Taghazout), Larache (Khemis Sahel), Berkane/Nador (Saidia/Ras El Ma), Essaouira (Diabet), El Jadida (Haouzia) and Gelmim/Tan Tan (White Beach).  (...)  [83 words]   [$2,1]

tunis
FRENCH EMPLOYERS' MISSION TO TUNIS
   The Paris chamber of commerce and industry and CIAN (Conseil des Investisseurs en Afrique) are to lead a delegation of 50 French businessmen to Tunis between Oct.  (...)  [76 words]   [$2,1]
CHINESE MILITARY TRAINING PROJECT
   On an official visit to China, Tunisian defence minister Mohammed Jegham and his Chinese counterpart, gen.  (...)  [63 words]   [$2,1]
"FED UP" WEBSITE SHUT DOWN
   The Tunisian web site Takriz, which means "fed up" in Arabic, is the most recent site to be closed down by the Agence Tunisienne de l'Internet (ATI) which supervises Tunisia's only Internet service providers, Planet.  (...)  [96 words]   [$2,1]
ENERGY PROJECTS WITH LIBYA
   The Tunisian-Libyan economic and financial commission is to meet next month to examine setting up a free trade zone that would help boost two-way trade to $1 billion annually.  (...)  [69 words]   [$2,1]

tripoli
RIGHT TIMING FOR HOSTAGES?
   As we reported in our latest issue, the release of the remaining hostages on Jolo island won't take place before the French judicial authorities examine the public prosecutor's appeal against examining magistrate Jean-Louis Bruguiere's indictment of col.  (...)  [156 words]   [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS
JAPAN/TUNISIA
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING CONSULTING
   ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING CONSULTING, a Japanese firm, has a $220 million plan to build an scientific environment park in Tunisia.  (...)  [63 words]   [$2,1]
FRANCE/MOROCCO
DECATHLON
   DECATHLON is looking for 30 hectares of land in Morocco to build warehouses, offices and a store.  (...)  [74 words]   [$2,1]
MAURITANIA
DE BEERS
   DE BEERS has just been awarded a diamond exploration license in the Inchiri and Adrar regions of northern Mauritania.  (...)  [44 words]   [FREE]
MOROCCO
MEDITEL
   MEDITEL, a GSM operator, hopes to win half of Morocco's domestic market for mobile telephones by 2003.  (...)  [26 words]   [FREE]
UNITED STATES/MOROCCO
BLACK & VEATCH INTERNATIONAL
   BLACK & VEATCH INTERNATIONAL, a U.S. concern, has been picked by Office Cherifien des Phosphates to conduct a feasibility study on building a power station alongside the phosphate drying center at Khouribga in Morocco.  (...)  [46 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO
COFIMAG
   COFIMAG, a Moroccan computer services and engineering firm, plans to launch a service for the transfer of remittances from Moroccan nationals living abroad next year.  (...)  [44 words]   [FREE]
ALGERIA
GRAND MOULINS DU SUD
   GRAND MOULINS DU SUD, an Algerian cereals group, has teamed up with El Ghurair Investment LLC from the United Arab Emirates to build a cereals storage facility with a capacity of 140,000 tons in the Algerian port of Djendjen.  (...)  [85 words]   [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO
TUNISIA
HABIB AMMAR
   The second leading figure in the "medical putsch" against former president Habib Bourguiba in 1987, Habib Ammar, may return to government functions.  (...)  [86 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA
TAOUFIK BEN BRIK
   The Tunisian journalist who staged a hunger strike against president Ben Ali's government, Taoufik Ben Brik, was scheduled to make a highly-publicized return to Tunis on Sept.  (...)  [104 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA
TAOUFIK BACCAR
   Tunisia's finance minister, Taoufik Baccar, has been complaining in public that his powers are limited, and in particular in the banking industry.  (...)  [110 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA/MOROCCO
MOHAMMED SAID BEN RYANE
   King Mohammed VI has named Mohammed Said Ben Ryane Morocco's new ambassador to Algeria.  (...)  [41 words]   [FREE]

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